Elizabeth Bank’s ‘Charlie’s Angels’ (2019) Review
Though I do not place myself into the elitist (snobby) plateau of a film critic who looks down on pure entertainment films, made for the popcorn crowd, I do confess […]
James Mangold’s ‘Ford vs Ferrari’ Review
As a blue-collar family, my father worked for forty-one years in General Motors building cars. He would work two weeks days and two weeks nights until he gained enough seniority […]
Amar Kaushik’s ‘Bala’ Review: Don’t be shy, my honey!
I had a classmate once, who always began the group discussions with the line – ‘See, India is a poor country!’ And we used to get irritated with this line […]
Amazon Prime Original: ‘Jack Ryan’ – Season 2 Review
Jack Ryan’s back, peeps! The reluctant analyst turned super-spy, created by Tom Clancy, is back to save the world from doomsday, with some superbly shot action sequences that get the […]
Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Review – I Heard You Paint Houses!
By now it is clear Martin Scorsese is a filmmaking legend who will be remembered long after he has left this life. Scorsese’s films, the best ones, are films for […]
MAMI 2019 – Roger Egger’s ‘The Lighthouse’ Review
Robert Eggers new film wowed audiences at Cannes and TIFF, the nightmarish black and white cinematography calling to mind the great films of the German Expressionistic period. Dread fills every […]
Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ Review : ‘Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?’
Watching Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) trudge up that long concrete set of stairs on his way home each day, we can feel the burden he carries. Like a stone metaphor […]
YRF’s ‘War’ Review – Testosterone, Unleashed!
Two biceps bulging, handsome hunks, race across the streets of Portugal on BMW bikes leaving the residents perplexed. They must’ve been out of their wits, seeing two Indian agents running […]
Amazon Prime Original – ‘The Family Man’ (2019) Review
Ease of having better internet speed, with the advent of Netflix, Prime and other streaming services of their ilk, the original content streaming has made life easier. The same cannot […]
James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’ Review
Science fiction works best, I think when it reaches far beyond the mere expectations of the given narrative. When small, intimate moments with the characters or a visual sequence take […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Western Stars’ and ‘The Aeronauts’ Review
WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen is without peer as the greatest rock and roll poet in music history. His blue-collar background has brought out some of the most intensely personal songs […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Lucy In The Sky’ and ‘The Report’ Reviews
LUCY IN THE SKY Though Natalie Portman is brilliant in this odd film, do not let it fool you. It might pretend to be about something hugely important, but in […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Motherless Brooklyn’, ‘The Laundromat’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ Reviews
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN Before this film is released later in the year I suspect it will go through a bit of pruning in the editing room. Overlong, with a couple of […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Harriet’ Review
I wanted to love this film because I so admire the woman it is about. Harriet Tubman was a real-life hero, a force of nature who escaped slavery in Maryland […]
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